The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-07
The Reunion and Picnic ut Mt Tabor
Especial CoyreSp0nasRcs.)


Last Monday July +tb, your cor.
respondent was one Of quite q larger
number Of Newberrians who left town
at an early hour, bound for the
Reunion at Mt. Tabor church.
After pleasant drive of two hours
through the most prosperous part OF
our county we reached the church.
Here We found scattered in the grove
which surrounds the church quite a
large crowds crowd which included
in its numbers msny representatives
from New5erry and Prosperity, and
also from Helena and the upper por-
ton Of the county, and last, but by
no means least, nearly all Of those
hospitable people who live in the
neighborhood Of Mt. Tabor.
The occasion was the annusl picnic
of the Mt. Tabor Academy, of which
Prof. Z. O. Counts is the Principal.
And on this occasion they had in
vited all the friends of NewberTy
College to join with them and have
Reunion of her Alumni, Students
and Ex,Students. And the day being
the 9Th Of July. it would have been
unpatriotic not to celebrate it; so the
exercises were Of this pleasant triple
nature.
The morning exercises were held
in the grove, and consisted of
speeches, pleasantly interspersed
with music. They were opened with
PRAYER, sitter which Prof. Z. 0. Counts
introduced Dr.. ". G. Housesl OF
Newberry who read the "Declarstion
of Independence" Elbert II. Aull
ESQ. Of Newberrv, was then intro
duced and delivered s we'll prepared
address, which was listened to with
marked interest and attention.
Prof. Holmes Dysingec Of New
berry College was the next speaker.
Prof. Dvsinger is already well known
as s speaker; but on this occasion
he excelled himself. and his sddreSs
impressed every one as most able
and thoughtful effort, and it will be
long remembered by his hearers.
School Commissioner G. 6. Sale,
followed Prof. Dvsinger, in speech
which was full Of wisdom and good
counsel. The music which so pIess-
antlv filed the paoses between the
speeches, and which vas so much sp-
pceciated by the audience was fur,
1ished by Miss Lille Sligh and Mr..
Andrew Boland. At the end OF
Commissioner Sales address, the
welcome sound of the bell wss heard
welcome because it sounded, not
SIS usual, sn end to recess but this
time sounded the note for the
beginning Of the assault on
dinner. The crowd Of six or seven
hundred people gathered around the
boust;fully spread tables, for the
good people Of the Mt Tabor section
realize fully that-
The turnpike road 10 peoples hearts.
l md,
Lies through their mouths, or l mistake
Maakind."
For they fed their goests royally
and we visitors did full Justice TO the
choice and substantial viands Of our
hospitaole entertainers.
After dinner the crowd, OF st least
s part of it (for the church could not
hold Us sll) gathered in tue church;
and here the Reunion Meetlng' OF
the Administrators snd ex-Stu.
dents Of Newoerry College was held.
The meeting was cslled TO order
5y Prot. Dysing2-, snd Dr.. ". G.
Eouseal was elected President, snd
J. H. Mcintosh Secretary.
d.. Housesl then opened the exer-
cises with well prepared sddress, in
the course OF which be introduced as
s subject for discussion, ':Education,
rot merely neans Of masking
money"
he wss followed in tee discussion
OF this subject by Messrs. q. F.
Shesly aad Arthur hibler and Prof.
Dys;nge-.
Prof. Ernest 0. Counts wss then
Introduced by the President, and
Prof. Counts thoughtful treatment OF
his subject, The Educstion Of our
children showed that he thoroughly
understands snd is sincerely devoted
&c that profession which he hss usde
lis lie work.
The meeting then adjourned.
It was still early IN the sternooo,
and the dsy bsd been so pleasant
that the crowd wss Ioath to lesve so
sooo; sni now the picnic feature Of
the day csme prominently to the
front. Some scattered through the
grove scd enjoyed tete.s-tste chsts
II buggies while others, suoog
whom was your correspondent, drove
TO Little Mouatsia' and gsve our
selves $ taste Of mountain sir ~. 4
slight rain drove Us bsck 70 the
SCouuGs-but even this could not
Ganpen tie pleasure Of the dsy. We
fingered oc-snd even when your
correspondent let st hsif psSt six
there were still : good naay on the
grounds
Then caue the drive houe-sttec
thoroughly pleasant dsy-snd We
went TO bed 70 drean of s medley OF
pretty girls-+th OF July-speecbes
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